Xiaojun “Tom” Wang grew up in the Chinese province of Shanxi, the world’s largest coal producer. Each year, more than a billion tons of coal are...
One of them, Reed J. Williams, is now a powerful advocate for transgender youth. Together, Morris and Williams reveal two sides to the LGBTQ+ experience —...
How can you find strength during life’s most difficult moments? Author Suleika Jaouad’s experience detailed in the documentary “American Symphony,” an intimate portrait of her life...
How does getting an abortion — or not — influence a woman’s life? Demographer Diana Greene Foster puts forward the results of The Turnaway Study, her...
Have we lost the practical wisdom of what happens as people die? With lessons from a career witnessing thousands of people’s final breaths, palliative care expert...
Every day, people around the world spend 16 billion hours on unpaid care work — cooking for families, caring for children and older relatives and other...
Ever think you’d hear Sandra Bullock, Britney Spears and Dolly Parton in one TED Talk? Here they are, courtesy of “Saturday Night Live” star Melissa Villaseñor....
Yvonne Newbold’s son, Toby, is one of the millions of young people living with a disability. Parenting Toby has offered her some lessons on how to...
Nearly half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, the result of millions of people being unable to get the birth control method that...
In the US, youth in foster care are nearly twice as likely as war veterans to suffer from PTSD. Placed in foster care at just 11...